Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-08
RAILROAD STRIKERS.
THE TROUBLES OF THE B. & 0. CONSIDER
ABLY COMPLICATED,
The Strikers Receive Recruits and Suffer Some
DssertiOns-BaSlnsSs in a Fair Way Of
Being ParalyZed-Ths Status Of the
NypsnO Strike at Youngstown.

NypanO Strike at Youngstown.
PITTsBURG, March THE trouble on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad is becom-
ing more complicated.
The passenger firemen are expecting an
order from their organization to join the
strikers tonight.
The Baltimore and Ohio yards presented
an unusually quiet appearance this morn
ing. There was but little work being |
done The yards were not blOckaded, but
on the contrary, there were but few freight
cars in them. The trainmen explained
this by saying that but little freight was
arriving to be handled.
About thirty men were working around
the yards. One of these said: I'VE are the
yard brakemen. We have not yet been
drawn. into the strike, but rs soon as we
are ordered to do so we will quit work"
The trainmen sat around in little groups
at noon discussing the situation. The drift
of their remarks was in sympathy with the
strikers.
The strength of the strike movement was
emphasized this morning when the freight
firemen generally quit work on the Pitts
burg division.
THE NEXT PROBABLE EFFECT
of the strike was learned towards noon,
when the Pittsburg men heard direct news
from Connellsville.
A passenger fireman had been approached
near COnnellsville. A committee of the
strikers crowded into the cab of his engine
and asked him to quit work. As no general
order had been issued, he concluded TO
finish his trip. The passenger tremen,
however, are expecting that general Or
der will be issued for them to all quit work
tonight. One of the firemen who was seen,
said
"Yes, we are expecting to be called oil
this evening. If we are we will obey. We
are overworked, and we propose to stand
out for an advance. This will include all
the firernen on the passenger and express
trains on the Pittsburg division. 1t is
understood, however, that the tiremen will
| be allowed TO run on the trains that carry |
mail matter, rs we will not interfere with |
| the Government service. There Is pract- |
cally no freight being moved on this divi-
sion of the road to-day. There was Just one
crew that was seen this morning running
| between PittShurg and COnnellsville.
There is no particular blockade noticed rs
vet between here and Connellsville, but ut
the latter place there are an immense
/ hos nf locomotives fbat haVn hnpn
abandoned.
Another trainman reiterated what his
companion had stated, hut he said further
that at some places along the road the
sidings were completely
BLOCKED WITH FREIGHT CARS.
The liremen say that the engineers are in
sympathy with them, and that if new men
are put in the places of the strikers that
the engineers may refuse Orun with them.
The men who were spoken to this morning
seem very quietly disposed, but determln
ed to carry their point
Superintendent Patton and Train Mas
ter Batchclor are both at Connellsville to-
day. 1t is not known when they will
return to this city. As they could not be
seen this morning, another gentleman con-
nected with the road gave the situation
from an official standpoint. He said
"The freight fircmen quit work this
morning and the brakemen have decided
| to stay out until all are satisfied. We sent
out the local freight train this morning for
COnnellsville 1t was manned by old men.
| The return local will leave COnnellsville at
noon. We don't run time freight during
the day time, but at S:15 O'Clock tonight
we will send il out as usual Yes, we
| think we can get men to run IL. We eX-
pect TO have the through men running
| freight tonight and tomorrow.
There il no blockade of freight in the
Pttsburg yards, or at GlenwOOd or Me
KeespOrt We have four crews running
regularly still, which are sufficient TO
avoid n blockade. II we count in the yard
men we have fifteen crews
THE majority of the conductors are not
on strike. They are willing TO take out
trains rs fast as we can get crews for them.
There are plenty of firemen willing to con-
time work if il were not for few hot
headed men. We have room here TO side
track 800 or 400 freight cars if necessary"
The trainmen say that the officials will
have hard work getting out the time
freight tonight They claim that there
will be no locomotive or crew to run the
train 1t is also claimed that no coke on
the Mt. Pleasant branch is being moved
to-day.
The strike has not affected the business
of the Junction road. The majority Of the
! freight that is handled 6y this road is be
ing given to it by the Pittsburg and West
ern road.
The situation on the Baltimore and Ohio
this afternoon shows no indications of the
strikers abandoning their demands, and All
equally strong determination on the part
of the officials not 10 accede TO them.
There was
NO CHANGE IN THE SITUATION
tonight. With the exception Of the one
local freight sent out this morning, not a
wheel on a freight or coke car has turned
to-day. The report that the trainmen on
the southwest branch Of the Pennsylvania
railroad were to join the strikers is denied
by the men themselves. They will do
nothing towards aiding the strike Of their
brethren further than 10 refuse to-
handle Baltimore Il Ohio cars. A number
of conductors who promised 10 stand
| by the brakemen have weakened and have
notified Superintendent Patton that they
will 90 to work whenever the company can
secure brakemeD. Their action il de
nounced in The strongest terms by the
strikers. Several OF the mills aud furnaces
which receive their supply Of coke from
the Baltimore and Ohio road are on the
eve of shutting down. Moreheads mill
and Carrie furnace will Drobably be COM
pelled TO close down tomorrow unless the
strike is settled. This is the opinion Of
Col. J. NJ. Schoonmaker who furnishes
these extensive plants with coke. If this
takes place at least a thousand persons
will be thrown out Of employment. There
is no indication Of the strikers abandoning
their demands, and there is An equally
strong determination on the part OF the